08 A Description of the Countrey* which border 



tm Mtotis ) and then it amounts unto at the leaft 1500 miles. Were it not for the 

 forementioned great Rivers of the Vernon ( Vanubiw ) and the Nepper ( Borijibc/ies ) 

 there would be almoft continual Wars between the Turks anc * Tatars , and the 

 Volcsy Lithuanians and Mufcovites » for the Danaw is one of the greater] Rivers in the 

 World arifing in Dutchland, whence it partes through Hungary, Wallachy, and at the 

 Town of Kelley falls into the Blacky Sea. It hath four Mouths or Entrances into the 

 faidSea, vrhich the Tmkf dft BohaffR, BoSegen Botiafle, Ednlcijfe Bobajje , Sullena Bo- 

 baffe 3 and Kelley Bobaffe. It abounds with Fifh, as Sturgeon, Morone, and Sheverq^ 

 IxMidcs divers forts of (mailer Fifh. The Ndfire is a River that comes from Lithuania, 

 and riins into the Blacky Sea under Bealoborda. The Nepper comes from Lithuania and 

 Rvfilwd, runs byJSmotensko and Kiovia to the Tarrocks or Falls, thence to Ajtamgorode, 

 and falls into the Blacky Sea at Ofjhahoryj. It abounds with many forts of good Fifli, 

 and all along its Banks feed innumerable wild Beafts of divers kinds. The Town of 

 Aflamgorod itands upon theNepper h and in former times there dwelt in it two Bro- 

 thers, Ingul and Vngul, who fell hrft at variance, which ended in cruel Wars, by rca- 

 Ton whereof the adjacent Countrey became, though othcrwife pleafant and fruitful, a 

 very Wildernefs. And belides, the Coffacks increafing on both tides the Nepper and 

 upon the Don, would never finee differ that Countrey to be quietly poflcfled by thefe, 

 or any other Hords of Tartars \ fo that now it licth wafte, being a vaft Defart 500 

 miles over, and 1 oco miles long, from the (hallow Waters near Precop, unto the 

 -Countrey of Mufcoiy. About 1625 the Grand Seignior fent an Army from Confianthw 

 pie to rebuild Aflamgorod, with Orders to inhabit the Countrey, and invite fitch there- 

 unto as would become fubjed unto the Turkijh Government. But they who-arrived, 

 finding the Town of great Compafs, built only a Cattle on the Bank of the Nepper, 

 and left 3 co Men in Garrifon. At the fame time Sbaugay Prince of Crim, being beat 

 out of his Countrey by has General Chan Timur Myrfa, retired unto the Coffaeks upon 

 the Nepper, and having contracted a Friendftup with them and the bordering Ruffes, 

 by their affiftance he gathered an Army of 40000 Mai, and marched towards Crim i 

 leaving behind him a revolted ChtodHm, with a Brigade of 3 or 4000 Men, who im- 

 mediately after the departure of Sultan Sbaugary, marched directly towards Aflamgo- 

 rod t and early in a Morning furpmed the Caitle, then in the porTelfion of the Turks, 

 put every Man in Garrifon to the Sword, (lighted the Walls and other Fortifications, 

 retired with ' the Spoyl, and marched to joyn Sultan Sbaugary, who in the interim 

 arrived near Prccop, where he was met by Chan Timur, and totally defeated, but by 

 good fortune efcaped, and by the way oi'Jjlrac.tn got to Perfij. 



From thcNrpprr wc will pjfs unto Crim, with which Countrey I am well acquaint- 

 ed, having agairkt my will redded there fome years. Crin? is a fmall Land, fo near 

 as I can conjecture 200 miles long, and 50 miles broad, but is wonderfully populous, 

 and exceedingly fruitful, abounding with Corn and Grafs s the only fcarcity they have 

 is Wood, which grows no where but upon the Sea-Coalt, from Bakeffey Seray unto 

 the Town of Crim, which in former times was the chief City : All the reft of the Land 

 is a Plain, where they have no Wood to bum, nor any fort of Fewel, but Fifibeke,Fnfi- 

 bane, Curay, and Stroa. The Land is inclofed with the Sea, excepting at two places, 

 Precop, and Arbotkg. By Precop there is a narrow pafTage, through which you may go 

 to the Nepper, Lithuania, or Mufcoiy, through the Qefarts of Jngtd and Vnojtl i and 

 there is a Water comes from the Teine Sea, called the (hallow Water, and goeth along 

 the Defart, until it comes to Precop, upon Weft-fide of Crim and by North, where it 

 turns back on the North-fide of Crim, and falls into Cuellae Mare, commonly called 

 the Ratten Sea. So that Crim is almoft furrounded with "Waters for the Blacky Sea is 

 on the one fide, and the Ratten Sea on the other, which latter produces nothing but 

 Salt, for it is (b fait, that no Filhcan live therein j I have reafori to know it, becaufe 

 I lived in a Village which was called Seekgly Otta Mamutacby. The Towns round 

 about Crim on the Seaside are thefe, Precop, Cujlowa, Crim, Cafa, Kerfe and Arbotka \ 

 and Within the Land, Carafu, Actynefh, Meflheite, and Bakgffy Seray. The Town of 

 Arbotka Jieth on the North-Eaft fide of Crim, between theB/^and Ratten Seas, which 

 there come fo near together^ that there is no more Land between them, than that 

 whereon the Town of Arbotka (lands , and without Arbotty is a great Field 50 mijes 

 long incloftd with Water, where the Tartars in Winter do keep their Hergels or Hor- 



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